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Jeremy Hugues · January 25th, 2010, 11:15 AM

Hello everyone,

Anyone has field information from Hawk-woods new SSD recording system:
EX-SSD2 /EXSSD2 Sony PMW-EX Solid State 128GB Hard Drive

Thanks in advance for sharing some experience.

Best regards,

Vincent Oliver · January 25th, 2010, 11:32 AM

Seems odd that the 64Gb drive will give you 4 hours of recording time and the 128gb drives gives you 5 hours.

No prices either, maybe no product as yet!

Daniel Epstein · January 25th, 2010, 01:36 PM

Does XDCAM EX know what to do with more than 80 Gigs? I thought there was a size limit which might explain why you don't get a doubling. if 64 Gig is 4 that is 16 per hour

Vincent Oliver · January 25th, 2010, 02:00 PM

The theory sounds right, but as each clip is recorded as a new file, there shouldn't be a limit on the actual media size. I would think the 80gb limitation may apply to a continuos duration of a clip.

I might be wrong on this :-(

Barry J. Anwender · January 25th, 2010, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vincent Oliver

Seems odd that the 64Gb drive will give you 4 hours of recording time and the 128gb drives gives you 5 hours.

No prices either, maybe no product as yet!

The EX1/3 camera's have a format limit of 85GB, hence the record time of 308minutes or just over 5 hours.

Marc Myers · January 25th, 2010, 03:04 PM

A little OT, but they claim 14 minute download of 300 minutes of video using eSATA? I use SxS cards with a connection directly to a PCIe. I get nowhere near that speed. Think that's a limitation of cards rather than the connection?

Barry J. Anwender · January 25th, 2010, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc Myers

A little OT, but they claim 14 minute download of 300 minutes of video using eSATA? I use SxS cards with a connection directly to a PCIe. I get nowhere near that speed. Think that's a limitation of cards rather than the connection?

Yes Marc, I can confirm that a average speed 128GB SSD blows away SXS cards when off-loading via eSATA-2.. To get that 14 minute offload time from my Corsair SSD via eSATA-2, I need to have at least two hard drives configured for RAID-0 inside my MacPro Octo. My EX3 with the Corsair SSD has been in operation for 10 months now, and it has been 100% reliable.

Jurgen Bauwens · January 28th, 2010, 07:13 AM

I have the hawkwoods 64GB version and had no problems with it yet...it fits perfectly into the sxs slot of the camera. Just need to be a little creative into mounting it on the ex3 without the hawkwoods adapter. I have it mounted on my protechST-7. The 128GB version does indeed format as 80Gb on the camera so I think you're better off with the 64GB SDD

January 25th, 2010, 11:15 AM	#1
Jeremy Hugues New Boot Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mantry - France Posts: 13	Hawk-Woods SSD Hello everyone, Anyone has field information from Hawk-woods new SSD recording system: EX-SSD2 /EXSSD2 Sony PMW-EX Solid State 128GB Hard Drive Thanks in advance for sharing some experience. Best regards,

January 25th, 2010, 11:32 AM	#2
Vincent Oliver Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chislehurst, London Posts: 1,724	Seems odd that the 64Gb drive will give you 4 hours of recording time and the 128gb drives gives you 5 hours. No prices either, maybe no product as yet! __________________ Eyes are a deaf man’s ears. Ears are a blind man’s eyes

January 25th, 2010, 02:00 PM	#4
Vincent Oliver Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chislehurst, London Posts: 1,724	The theory sounds right, but as each clip is recorded as a new file, there shouldn't be a limit on the actual media size. I would think the 80gb limitation may apply to a continuos duration of a clip. I might be wrong on this :-( __________________ Eyes are a deaf man’s ears. Ears are a blind man’s eyes

January 25th, 2010, 01:36 PM	#3
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	Does XDCAM EX know what to do with more than 80 Gigs? I thought there was a size limit which might explain why you don't get a doubling. if 64 Gig is 4 that is 16 per hour

January 25th, 2010, 03:04 PM	#6
Marc Myers Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Long Island, NY and Northeast PA Posts: 132	A little OT, but they claim 14 minute download of 300 minutes of video using eSATA? I use SxS cards with a connection directly to a PCIe. I get nowhere near that speed. Think that's a limitation of cards rather than the connection?

January 28th, 2010, 07:13 AM	#8
Jurgen Bauwens Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Belgium Posts: 33	I have the hawkwoods 64GB version and had no problems with it yet...it fits perfectly into the sxs slot of the camera. Just need to be a little creative into mounting it on the ex3 without the hawkwoods adapter. I have it mounted on my protechST-7. The 128GB version does indeed format as 80Gb on the camera so I think you're better off with the 64GB SDD